It’s funny how things turn out.

Posted by jill on April 30, 2011

There are a number of bands I thought I would never see live. Ultrasound were one of them, and Ooberman were another. Both with their tales of falling out, it seemed very unlikely that they would ever perform together again.

However, on Saturday, Dan and Sophia from Ooberman performed a set of Ooberman and (their new band) The Magic Theatre songs. So now I can tick off Ooberman on that list of dream list of bands that I would like to see live sometime.

Dan and Sophia performed this set at a gig in memory of Edd, who I first ‘met’ on an online messageboard around 6/7 years ago. It turned out that as well as that messageboard, he and I, along with a number of mutual friends, had also been huge Ooberman fans. I have always found it amusing how so many fans of such a group would meet and become friends so many years on after the band split up.

It was great to be able to meet the band and tell them about their influence and it’s nice to think that even for bands that never quite reached their potential they would eventually find out that their music really had an impact.

You can see the full set here: